In-Class/Math or Writing Tutor/Adult Learners/New Lots Ave/2-3 hours a week/MoWe 6-8 PM/Sat 10AM-2PM
The City Tutors
Due to COVID-19, all tutoring with this site has moved online. In-person tutoring will resume once it is safe for tutors to commute to the site. If you are interested in providing online or in-person tutoring at this site, let us know.
The City Tutors (CT) is looking for tutors to provide in-class academic support in writing or math for Brooklyn Public Library's High School Equivalency classes in New Lots Ave. Embedded Tutoring will run on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 PM - 8 PM, and on Saturday mornings and afternoons from 10 AM - 2 PM. Tutors are asked to commit 2 hours of their time a week.
This a great opportunity for:
- working professionals who wish to support their community
- students who are majoring (or who have recently graduated) in the course area and who wish to enhance their content knowledge and/or grow their professional experience
As an embedded tutor, you would collaborate with an instructor to improve students’ performance while being supported and guided by an experienced academic support professional. You would identify and support students who are struggling, participate during the lecture to augment the class topic discussions, and provide feedback to students so that they may improve their fundamental understanding of the material. You might also design assignments, identify/track students who are struggling and create differentiated instruction as the need arises. You will be supported throughout this process by the City Tutors staff.
All tutors are also expected to complete a four session comprehensive, professional training regimen. 6 hours of live training, plus another hour and a half for orientation. This is a commitment of 7.5 hours of in person training, and 4 hours of supplemental training for a total of 11.5 hours of training over the course of the semester. If you have prior tutoring or teaching experience, only 4.5 hours of live training are required.
Training days will be determined based on your schedule and that of the Tutor Training Coordinators.
CT's tutoring program has been successful in helping students gain access to support that they otherwise would not have received, given their limited time spent on campus. Having a tutor in the class early in the semester will allow us to employ strategies to reduce withdrawals and student failure rates. Your work with us would help the students’ overall subject area performance, and help us improve this educational support model, reaching more students and departments with comprehensive academic support.
Learn more about Brooklyn Public Library's Adult Learning Centers here:
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/adult-learning/learning-centers
To apply, you must:
- Have received an A- or A in the introduction to the subject course you are applying to tutor
- Have a GPA at or above 3.2, or have completed a degree program
- Submit monthly reports, keep a log sheet of any tutoring appointments done outside of class, and regularly communicate with the tutor training coordinator.
About The City Tutors
Location:
160 Convent Ave, Shepard Hall 550, New York, NY 10031, US
Mission Statement
The City Tutors mission is to use tutoring as a means to increase community engagement and cultivate community members' professional growth.
Description
We are the tutoring program for CCNY's Colin Powell School and a community organization that serves programs across 4 of the 5 boroughs. Currently we provide in-class tutors to support adult education programs at 5 CUNY schools, including CCNY, BMCC, LaGuardia, City Tech, and Hostos (and its extension campus, CUNY in the Heights). We are also partnered with five non-profits that provide high school equivalency support to the populations they serve: Childrens Aid Society, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp, Henry Street Settlement, Goddard Riverside Community Center, and (through the Department of Youth and Community Development) Moshulu Montefiore Community Center. Outside of adult education, we work with housing projects, high schools, and a nano-tech lab. For most of our opportunities, we put tutors in classrooms where they are collaborating with an instructor to support students. We also do one-to-one and small group tutoring. We tailor the support to the needs of the site. We are a great place to tutor if you are in college, a working professional or a retired professional.